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Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.

Angela Davis

Feminism involves so much more than gender equality and it involves so much more than gender.
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Equality Feminism Gender Involvement
Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
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Existence Human Being Wisdom
Consent needs to be present in order for it not to be considered rape. “No” means No & guys need to understand that.
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Consent Consideration Feminism Guy Understand
It’s my body and I have the right to do whatever I want to do with it. So does every other female on this planet.
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Body Female Planet Women Rights
If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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Action Black Lives Matter Direction Mislead Racism
It’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.
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Culture Issue People Politics Problem Solution True
We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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Depend Live Public Society
The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
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Climb Interest Learning Particular Process Women Empowerment
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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Function Men Relationship Society Understand Women
Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
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Color Education Institution People Poor Prison Racism
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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Feminism Liberty Mind Society Talk
It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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Essential History Individual Work
Anyway I don’t think we can rely on governments, regardless of who is in power, to do the work that only mass movements can do.
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Government Movement Power Regard Thinking
In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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Enough Feminism Racism Society
I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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Acceptance Change Entrepreneur Hustle Inspirational
Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.
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Increase Pay Profit Racism Wealth Weapon

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